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No. 93,420; Patented Aug 10.1869

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Letters Patent No. 93,420, dated August 10, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUN-LOCKS.

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making. part of the same.

To all whom it may concern ivirginia, have invented anew and improved Gun- Lock; andqlsdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

The Object of this invention is to provide a gunlock of simple and compact arrangement'and cheap construction.

It consists in arranging a recessed projection on the interior of the rear end of the lock-plate, for enclosing the tumbler, dog, and dog-spring, and in the. arrangement of a single or straight hammer-spring on the other side of the plate, attached to the said plate in a peculiar manner, and to the hammer, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 represents an inside elevation of' my improved lock, with a part of the inner enclosing-plate removed, and

Figure 2 represents an outside elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

I make the rear end of the lock-plate A thicker than the front, and form, in the said thickened portion,

a recess, as shown at B, for enclosing the tumbler 0, dog E, and dog-spring F.

G represents the interior enclosing-plate, which is secured by screws or otherwise, and which protects the parts from dust a'n'd other foul matter, and makes a neat finish on the .inner side.

I make the hammer-spring H of a single straight, or nearly straight fiat bar, and provide it with a flat lug, I, projecting from one side, at the end, to be socured to the plate, and this lug Ipass through a flat slot, or mortise in the front end of the lock-plate, and secure it by a pin or otherwise.

The free end of the said spring is connected to the hammer K by a link, L, as clearly shown-in fig. 2.

This arrangement, as a whole, provides a very simple, compact, and inexpensive lock.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved gun-lock herein described, when all the parts are constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

' \VILLIAM DASHNER.

\Vitnesses J. H. HOLLOWAY,

G. O. MILLER. 

